Andrew Davison (theologian)

Last updated

The Revd Canon
Andrew Davison
Born24 June 1974 (1974-06-24) (age 50)
Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
EducationUniversity of Oxford
Merton College, Oxford
University of Cambridge
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Occupation Theologian

Andrew Paul Davison (born 24 June 1974) is a Christian theologian, who is Regius Professor of Divinity and residentiary canon at Christ Church, Oxford. [1] [2] [3] He was previously Starbridge Professor of Theology and Natural Sciences in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, [4] where he was also Dean of Chapel since 2003.

Davison was educated at Cottingham High School in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Merton College, Oxford (where he studied an undergraduate degree in chemistry and a DPhil in biochemistry) and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (where he studied an undergraduate degree and PhD in theology). He trained for ordination at Westcott House.

Following ordination, Davison served his curacy in Southeast London, in the parish of St Dunstan, Bellingham. His first teaching appointment was at St Stephen’s House, Oxford, as tutor in doctrine. He was concurrently junior chaplain of Merton College. He moved to Cambridge in 2010 to be Tutor in Christian Doctrine at Westcott House. In 2014, he was appointed as the second Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Sciences in the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge (subsequently senior lecturer, then associate professor and, from 2023, Starbridge Professor of Theology and Natural Sciences). Alongside his lectureship, he became a Fellow of Corpus Christi College.

He is a Canon Emeritus Philosopher at St Albans Cathedral, having been Honorary Canon Philosopher (2015–21), and a founding member of the Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe. He has twice been a member of the Anglican Church-Roman Catholic dialogue for England and Wales, and participated in the Church of England's commission on marriage and sexuality. For the academic years 2022–2024, he was the Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Science and Theology at the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey.

Davison was in September 2024 appointed Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, together with the dignity of Canon of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford. [5]

Davison is a systematic and philosophical theologian, and a notable Anglican Thomist, who also writes on pastoral and liturgical topics. His Cambridge PhD, under the supervision of Professor Catherine Pickstock, was on understandings of finitude in the work of Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus. He is a prolific book author and editor, whose titles include Imaginative Apologetics: Theology, Philosophy and the Catholic Tradition, [6] Participation in God: A Study in Christian Doctrine and Metaphysics, [7] For the Parish: A Critique of Fresh Expressions, [8] and Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine: Exploring the Implications of Life in the Universe (2024). [9] His work on the theological implications of finding life or even intelligence beyond Earth have been the subject of attention in the media. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Bibliography

Related Research Articles

The Regius Professorships of Divinity are amongst the oldest professorships at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. A third chair existed for a period at Trinity College Dublin.

Maurice Frank Wiles, FBA was an Anglican priest and academic. He was the Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford from 1970 to 1991.

The Oxford Faculty of Theology and Religion co-ordinates the teaching of theology at the University of Oxford. It is part of Oxford's Humanities Division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Macquarrie</span> British philosopher and theologian

John Macquarrie (1919–2007) was a Scottish-born theologian, philosopher and Anglican priest. He was the author of Principles of Christian Theology (1966) and Jesus Christ in Modern Thought (1991). Timothy Bradshaw, writing in the Handbook of Anglican Theologians, described Macquarrie as "unquestionably Anglicanism's most distinguished systematic theologian in the second half of the 20th century."

George Linsley Pattison is a retired English theologian and Anglican priest. His last post prior to retirement was as Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow. He was previously Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford. From 2017–2019 he was a Senior Co-Fund Fellow at the Max Weber Center at the University of Erfurt. He has also been an Affiliate Professor in Systematic Theology at the University of Copenhagen (2011–) and an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Theology at the University of St Andrews (2021–).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ian Ramsey</span> British Anglican bishop and academic

Ian Thomas Ramsey was a British Anglican bishop and academic. He was Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford, and Bishop of Durham from 1966 until his death in 1972. He wrote extensively on the problem of religious language, Christian ethics, the relationship between science and religion, and Christian apologetics. As a result, he became convinced that a permanent centre was needed for enquiry into these inter-disciplinary areas; and in 1985 the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the University of Oxford was set up to promote discussion on the problems raised for theology and ethics by developments in science, technology and medicine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Barclay Swete</span> English Biblical scholar

Henry Barclay Swete was an English biblical scholar. He became Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1890. He is known for his 1906 commentary on the Book of Revelation, and other works of exegesis.

Graham John Ward is an English theologian and Anglican priest who has been Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford since 2012.

Leonard Hodgson was an Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, historian of the early Church and Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford from 1944 to 1958.

Paul Stuart Fiddes is an English Baptist theologian and novelist.

William Ince (1825–1910) was a British theologian. He was Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, from 1878.

The Revd Canon William Telfer was an English clergyman and academic, who specialised in early Christian studies. Telfer held various prestigious positions throughout his career, including Dean of Clare College, Cambridge (1921), Ely Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University (1944–1947) and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge (1947–1956).

William Horbury is a Church of England priest and former Professor of Jewish and Early Christian Studies at Cambridge University.

Oliver Chase Quick was an English theologian, philosopher, and Anglican priest.

David Adam Wilkinson, FRAS is a British Methodist minister, theologian, astrophysicist and academic. He was the Principal of St John's College, Durham (2006-2023), and is a professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. He remains at St John's College, having been appointed, in September 2023, Director of Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science (ECLAS), an international project based at St John’s College. He is the author of several books on the relationship between science and religion, and a regular contributor to Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4. He has a PhD in astrophysics and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.

John Adney Emerton, was a British Anglican priest, theologian, and academic. He was Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge from 1968 to 1995.

Paul T Nimmo is a Scottish theologian who holds the position of King’s Chair of Systematic Theology at the University of Aberdeen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Ward (scholar)</span>

Michael Ward is an English literary critic and theologian. His academic focus is theological imagination, especially in the writings of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and G. K. Chesterton. He is best known for his book Planet Narnia, in which he argues that Lewis structured The Chronicles of Narnia so as to embody and express the imagery of the seven heavens. On the fiftieth anniversary of Lewis's death, Ward unveiled a permanent national memorial to him in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. He won a Mythopoeic Award in 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hedley Sparks</span> British biblical scholar and Catholic priest

Hedley Frederick Davis Sparks, was a British biblical scholar and Church of England priest. From 1946 to 1952, he was Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham. From 1952 to 1976, he was Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford.

Edward Craddock Ratcliff was an English Anglican priest and liturgical scholar. He was Professor of Liturgical Theology at King's College, London (1945–1947), and Ely Professor of Divinity (1947–1958) and Regius Professor of Divinity (1958–1964) at the University of Cambridge.

References

  1. ↑ "Appointment of Canon and Regius Professor of Divinity: 13 June 2024". www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-canon-and-regius-professor-of-divinity-13-june-2024. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "The Revd. Prof. Andrew Davison". Faculty of Theology and Religion. University of Oxford . Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Revd Professor Andrew Davison". People. Christ Church, Oxford . Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Revd Dr Andrew Davison". Faraday Institute for Science and Religion . Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "No. 64530". The London Gazette . 2 October 2024. p. 19142.
  6. ↑ Davison, Andrew, ed. (2012). Imaginative apologetics: theology, philosophy, and the Catholic tradition. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Academic. ISBN   978-0-8010-3981-2.
  7. ↑ Davison, Andrew (2019). Participation in God: a study in Christian doctrine and metaphysics. Cambridge New York (N.Y.): Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-108-48328-5.
  8. ↑ Davison, Andrew; Milbank, Alison (2011). For the parish: a critique of Fresh Expressions (2. impr ed.). London: SCM Press. ISBN   978-0-334-04365-2.
  9. ↑ Davison, Andrew (2024). Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine: Exploring the Implications of Life in the Universe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1009303163.
  10. ↑ Davison, Andrew Paul (23 July 2013). "Professor Andrew Davison". www.divinity.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "The Revd Professor Andrew Davison | Corpus Christi College University of Cambridge". www.corpus.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  12. ↑ Burgess, Kaya (1 June 2024). "How did life on Earth begin? Cambridge academics set out to answer the biggest question of all". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  13. ↑ Burgess, Kaya (1 June 2024). "Heavens above: Nasa enlists priest to prepare for an alien discovery". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.